News travels fast.
The action taken was vindicated and we will not tolerate abuse of mods either in direct discussion on boards or by PMs - in this case, the banning was as a result of both.
Posters should be aware that they should respond to PMs by answering the person they are conversing with and not by email which results in my becoming involved as the moderator receiving the emails.
This is not the first time we have had to take action over abuse which was partly due to the contents of a PM.
Like umpires, it's very easy for those who are not moderators to criticise decisions we have to make - a lot more difficult being a moderator
I won't be taking any further correspondence on this matter but I am happy to take applications for moderator positions.
Thank you.